Romare Bearden “Dream of Exile”
If you’re any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of where you were.
-Romare Bearden
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William S. Burroughs with his shotgun art
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
-William S. Burroughs
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Philip Guston
We are image-makers and image-ridden… We work until we vanish.
-Philip Guston
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George Bellows “Cliff Dwellers”
The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful.
-George Bellows
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Saul Steinberg
The artist is an educator of artists of the future…
-Saul Steinberg
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Reblogged this on BRIDGET WHELAN writer and commented:
For artist I think you could read any person who strives to express the creative part of themselves but the images here are also wonderful
Thank you so much for this wonderful collection of quotes and images – – I’ve reblogged it.
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Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! I like this topic, I could see doing it again with a new set of quotes and images
Why not both?
Thanks for sharing!
This is not really a comment, just something that might interest you if you didn’t know about it.
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2016/06/how-henri-matisse-sought-renewal-in-tahiti-and-found-it-in-america.html
Awesome, thanks!
This are real clever quotes and they describe quite impressively that nobody can give a absolute definition of art, but that thinking about what art could be is an important task for artists. There is also a book by Sarah Thornton dealing with this topic, amongst others.
Thanks! I looked up Sarah Thornton. I realize I’ve seen her mentioned before, I will have to look into her books and see her take on things.
This post is perfect!
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
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